Yearly Archives: 2015

Rico

Nowboat Is Trying to Become the Hotels.com of Boats

(QCOSTARICA TRAVEL) Via Bloomberg - Booking boats is seriously terrible. If you're not lucky enough to have your own with a captain willing to pull it into whatever marina you happen to be near, the world of boat charters is full of sketchy companies with terrible websites. Hong Kong-based...
Rico

Controversy Over Private Technical Schools

(QCOSTARICA) A bill currently in the Legislative Assembly allowing private high schools to offer degrees on par with public technical high schools has the teacher's unions threatening protests as promoting desertion. Currently the National Training Institute (Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje  - INA) offers degrees that allow students to study a...
Rico

When Is A Sidewalk Not A Sidewalk? When In Costa Rica!

(QCOSTARICA) The owners of a house in downtown Heredia decided that their property extends past the property line, thus building a metal fence and gate to completely block off the sidewalk. The municipality has given them five days to remove it, according to neighbours, after five years of blocking the...